CVE-2020-37210 SpotIE 2.9.5 - 'Key' Denial of Service
Attackers can crash the SpotIE application by pasting a long buffer into the registration key field, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-37210?
CVE-2020-37210 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nsasoft Nsauditor SpotIE, published on 11 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
SpotIE 2.9.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration key input that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can generate a 1000-character buffer payload and paste it into the 'Key' field to trigger an application crash.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37210?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nsasoft Spotie.
How do I fix CVE-2020-37210?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37210 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-37210 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37210 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2ffm-9xhq-mwc8.